Using greater flamingo tracking and count data in delineating marine protected areas in the coastal zone of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Conservation planning in an economically important area

Javed, Saleem; ElAlQamy, Husam; Khan, Shahid B.; Ahmed, Shakeel; Dhaheri, Shaikha Salem Al; Hammadi, Abdullah Al; Hammadi, Eissa Al

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00557

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“…While destroying the natural forest habitat of L. gmelinii , establishing protected areas should avoid serious impacts on the quality of life (QoL) and the economic development of local residents. Therefore, when setting the BLM parameters in this study, referring to the research conducted by Javed et al. (2019) and Tang et al.…”

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“…After the iterative calculation of the location selection, the spatial compactness of the adjusted result units was controlled by the boundary length modifier (BLM) of the model. If it is too dense, some planning units with low protection effects may be selected; as a result, the protected area distribution is too discrete ( Javed et al., 2019 ; Tang et al., 2021 ). Then, the cost of the results and the relationship between the total boundary length and the total area can be analyzed via BLM modification.…”

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Priority conservation area of Larix gmelinii under climate change: application of an ensemble modeling

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Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Kuzen is a major tree species with high economic and ecological value in the Greater Khingan Mountains coniferous forest of Northeast China. Reconstructing the priority Conservation Area of Larix gmelinii under Climate could provide a scientific basis for its germplasm conservation and management. The present study used ensemble and Marxan model simulations to predict species distribution areas and delineate priority conservation areas for Larix gmelinii in relation to productivity characteristics, understory plant diversity characteristics, and climate change impacts. The study revealed that the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, with an area of approximately 300 974.2 km2, were the most suitable for L. gmelinii. The stand productivity of L. gmelinii in the most suitable area was significantly higher than that in the less suitable and marginally suitable areas, but understory plant diversity was not dominant. The increase in temperature under future climate change scenarios will reduce the potential distribution and area under L. gmelinii; the species will migrate to higher latitudes of the Greater Khingan Mountains, while the degree of niche migration will gradually increase. Under the 2090s-SSP585 climate scenario, the most suitable area for L. gmelinii will completely disappear, and the climate model niche will be completely separated. Therefore, the protected area of L. gmelinii was demarcated with a target of the productivity characteristics, understory plant diversity characteristics and climate change sensitive area, and the current key protected area was 8.38 × 104 km2. Overall, the study’s findings will lay a foundation for the protection and rational development and utilization of cold temperate coniferous forests dominated by L. gmelinii in the northern forested region of the Greater Khingan Mountains.

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Priority conservation area of Larix gmelinii under climate change: application of an ensemble modeling

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“…The Antarctic marine environment is one of many marine systems where the conservation and management of particular areas and species must be considered amidst a myriad of priorities (Humphreys and Clark, 2020). Numerous other MPAs, including their management frameworks, have already been designated or revised based on the best available evidence that often comes from a handful of key species (Hays et al, 2019;Javed et al, 2019). The marine IBAs we identified for penguin species in Antarctica provide conservative boundaries of perhaps some of the highest quality areas for these species globally given that they were designated as marine IBAs based on the number of aggregating birds (IBA criteria A4).…”

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Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Penguins in Antarctica, Targets for Conservation Action

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Global targets for area-based conservation and management must move beyond threshold-based targets alone and must account for the quality of such areas. In the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, a region where key biodiversity faces unprecedented risks from climate change and where there is a growing demand to extract resources, a number of marine areas have been afforded enhanced conservation or management measures through two adopted marine protected areas (MPAs). However, evidence suggests that additional high quality areas could benefit from a proposed network of MPAs. Penguins offer a particular opportunity to identify high quality areas because these birds, as highly visible central-place foragers, are considered indicator species whose populations reflect the state of the surrounding marine environment. We compiled a comprehensive dataset of the location of penguin colonies and their associated abundance estimates in Antarctica. We then estimated the at-sea distribution of birds based on information derived from tracking data and through the application of a modified foraging radius approach with a density decay function to identify some of the most important marine areas for chick-rearing adult penguins throughout waters surrounding Antarctica following the Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) framework. Additionally, we assessed how marine IBAs overlapped with the currently adopted and proposed network of key management areas (primarily MPAs), and how the krill fishery likely overlapped with marine IBAs over the past five decades. We identified 63 marine IBAs throughout Antarctic waters and found that were the proposed MPAs to be adopted, the permanent conservation of high quality areas for penguin species would increase by between 49 and 100% depending on the species. Furthermore, our data show that, despite a generally contracting range of operation by the krill fishery in Antarctica over the past five decades, a consistently disproportionate amount of krill is being harvested within marine IBAs compared to the total area in which the fishery operates. Our results support the designation of the proposed MPA network and offer additional guidance as to where decision-makers should act before further perturbation occurs in the Antarctic marine ecosystem.

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“…Some studies have shown that restoring areas known to support mangroves provide greater carbon storage and seedling survival rates compared with the afforestation of non-mangrove mudflats (Lovelock et al, 2022;Song et al, 2023). When planning mangrove planting initiatives, it is crucial to consider the potential impacts on mudflats that are proven carbon sinks (Howard et al, 2023) and provide habitat for waterbirds (Javed et al, 2019). Further, there is a risk that the conservation of mangroves may lead to the deprioritisation of saltmarshes that are considerable carbon stores, promoting leakage elsewhere in the lagoon (Wylie et al, 2016).…”

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Multi-habitat carbon stock assessments to inform nature-based solutions for coastal seascapes in arid regions

Carpenter,

Evans,

Pittman

et al. 2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Coastal ecosystems are integral to global carbon cycling and are increasingly recognised for their role in mitigating climate change. Within these ecosystems, the dynamics of carbon storage are diverse, varying significantly across different habitats. However, existing management strategies often focus predominantly on vegetated habitats neglecting the contributions of non-vegetated areas. We address this knowledge gap by providing a quantitative spatial assessment of carbon storage across coastal seascapes varying in plant biomass. Our comprehensive multi-habitat inventory of carbon stocks in the United Arab Emirates confirmed that mangroves are the largest carbon-storing habitat per hectare (94.3 t/ha), followed by saltmarshes (63.6 t/ha), microbial mats (51.6 t/ha), mudflats (46.8 t/ha), seagrass (32.5 t/ha), and coastal sabkha (31.0 t/ha).Mean carbon content in the top 50 cm of mangrove soils (53.9 t/ha) was similar to saltmarshes (52.7 t/ha), microbial mats (51.6 t/ha), and mudflats (46.8 t/ha). We highlight the importance of including non-vegetated habitats in carbon accounting and management strategies. Our findings suggest that a more context-specific whole-system approach is essential for guiding effective ecosystem management and designing ecologically meaningful Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Adopting this broader perspective in NbS can ensure more comprehensive conservation and restoration outcomes, which not only protect and enhance blue carbon ecosystems but also contribute to broader ecological and social benefits. This approach is pivotal for advancing our understanding of interconnected coastal ecosystems and their role in climate change mitigation.

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Using greater flamingo tracking and count data in delineating marine protected areas in the coastal zone of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Conservation planning in an economically important area

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Priority conservation area of Larix gmelinii under climate change: application of an ensemble modeling

Priority conservation area of Larix gmelinii under climate change: application of an ensemble modeling

Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Penguins in Antarctica, Targets for Conservation Action

Multi-habitat carbon stock assessments to inform nature-based solutions for coastal seascapes in arid regions

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